Meandering whims of a curious mind

The New Year has always been somewhat a curious time. A time
where people are embolden by a new sense of purpose and resolve to make changes
in their lives. Everyone makes a resolution to do one better, to improve their
stock in life.

Perhaps the most overstated resolution made by every Tom,
Dick or Harry (or Jane, for the feminsitically-correct; Btw there is no such word,
if you’re looking) is losing weight. We all seem to be food addicts and with
the festive season newly over, the onus to shed, has taken (as usual) on a religious fervor. The
battle cry seems to be one of “To Death All Ye FATS. To Death All Ye Fat Rubber
Thingies On Thy Waist.” Quite simply, the evil “D” word … diet, diet, diet. (I
can almost  hear it, the cries of “Ewwww!” emanating all over the world.)

In this spirit of belly-hell, the Sunday Times did a take on
the surge of registrations in fitness, dance and slimming classes. The
percentile was being pitched around 30 percent increase in participants. And so
these glassy-eyed initiates are thrust into the world of gut-busting exercise
regimes, the stork-balancing grace of pirouettes and delirious slim-fest of
detoxifications, body wraps and … well, overall starvation, IMHO.

Ermm, pardon my skeptism, but does it work? I mean, from newspaper-speak; All these seemed to be
parlayed like an annual exodus from the land of uber rich foods, habitually
indolent lifestyles and overall aversion to activity. (Ok, I’m exaggerating …
but the point should be fairly obvious :p) All this spirit of betterment is
truly encouraging and indeed very admirable.

Unfortunately, whilst focusing on that Brad Pitt\Angelina
Jolie–esque ostentatious appearance, the internal changes are forgotten, overlooked
or ignored.  Here I believe, is where a
“trip up” in effort is forthcoming. Where people fall down. Without the change
in mindset, there will never be due diligence to the efforts required for real
change.

Perhaps as a tongue-in-cheek, the Sunday Times concluded it
article with a delightful quip from a fitness employee who had resigned herself to longer hours during this peak period.

”I’ll just have to wait until February to take my vacation.”
Hilarious.

The Acceptance of a New Healthy Mindset
Sure,gaining the desired figure is the outcome and in a
sense, we should manage our activities by the results of those actions.
(Otherwise, it just a lot of work done with little or no progress.) However,
losing weight isn’t only about
dropping the pounds and cutting the inches. It’s about the resolve. The unwavering tenacity to change for the
better.

Let changes in looks, poundage or inches, the superficial
outcomes, be the motivation but let the changes in our attitudes, be the
objective, the final destination. These changes are what will take everyone to
the next level, that is …

Losing weight and
keeping it off.

At the risk of stating the (over- blatantly) obvious, losing
weight and making it stay off is no easy matter. It takes a lot of effort and
will power. But, as in all resolutions, the rewards are great …

Not only in how we look but
how much more we will believe in ourselves.

That, I dare say, is priceless.

I surmise, almost everyone made somewhat of a resolve to
lose\gain weight on this New Year. I made the same one too (and a host of
others). Let’s hope we all meet our resollutions.

Ooops, me bad … I meant to say … We will all meet all our resoltuions.

Welcome 2006, may we make the best of it.

Happy New Year Everyone!

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